Enjoy a cup of coffee with your cereal in the morning? How about coffee in your cereal to get your day off to a good start?

Navitas Naturals, nestled among warehouses in Novato's Bel Marin Keys, would like to make that morning boost a little easier to come by. The company has added another certified organic superfood to its lineup, green coffee powder, made from young, unroasted Arabica coffee beans handpicked in Peru.

Brook Golden, the director of marketing, said a lot of the products her company offers have a long history of use in many cultures outside the United States. "Our focus is on friendly, nutrient-dense food," Golden says.

Unlike roasted coffee beans that are cooked at very high temperatures, green coffee is raw and processed at low temperatures, keeping the original integrity of the bean's nutrients.

Golden says customers can add the powder to smoothies, flours, deserts and beverages. The mild coffee flavor also blends well with chocolate. "This has an earthier, malty taste to it," Golden says. "One teaspoon has the same caffeine as green tea."

Golden points out that the green coffee powder also has a metabolism-boosting element as well,

Nativas Naturals got its start when founder Zach Adelman found maca powder in Peru and started importing the ancient root used by indigenous Andean societies as a source of nourishment and healing for thousands of years.

Navitas now has a whole line of organic superfoods aimed at increasing energy and enhancing health. The products are certified organic, kosher, non-GMO and gluten free. "A lot of our products are some of the world's lesser-known foods but have been used globally for ages for health benefits," Golden says.

Their products, including the green coffee powder, are available in 4-ounce resealable pouches and are sold at Whole Foods, Paradise Foods and elsewhere.

Fresh offerings

Murray Circle, the award-winning restaurant at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, has added a new market menu to its offerings.

Executive chef Justin Everett describes it as "ingredient-driven." But don't look for what his offerings will be in advance. Everett does not make his weekly menus until he cruises the Marin farmers markets on Thursdays and Sundays. "The menus kind of have a tendency to write themselves when we are strolling around the market," Everett says. "We see what our good friends at the market are growing and that's what determines the menu."

For a recent offering of duck pot pie the ducks came from Sonoma. "Most of our food comes from Marin, but we do get items from other local counties.

"This is just a fun and changing menu, something we wanted to make affordable and approachable to our local guests."

The Market Menu includes small- to medium-sized plates and is available Mondays through Thursdays for $45. Wine pairings are an additional $25. Reservations are encouraged. Call 339-4750 or make online reservations at www.cavallopoint.com.

Traveling food

The food truck experiment at Vintage Oaks in Novato appears to be working.

"We are getting seven to 10 trucks each week," the shopping center's Cassandra Delgado says. "The merchants are pretty excited."

The trucks park outside of Old Navy in the center of the mall. Delgado says they offer everything from Caribbean delights to Mexican food and desert trucks. More than 600 people show up weekly to enjoy the food and live music. "It's a very family-friendly outing," Delgado says.

The event is organized by offthegridsf, the same group that brings the event to Larkspur for lunch on Sundays. Novato's dinner fun goes from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays.